This weekend, Dan and I were kind of debating whether or not we should go ahead and do the whole Christmas tree thing. We are really busy in the next few weeks, and we're leaving to go to Mississippi on December 15, so it's not like we'll even be here to enjoy our own tree. All day Saturday while we were making and revising Christmas gift lists for our families, a process that was seemingly endless, I was thinking that it would probably be better to just skip the tree this year. But then I changed my mind and set it up anyway. I'm glad I did. It's so pretty. This morning, we woke up to see the first snow of the year on the ground. It wasn't a great snow, but it was really and truly cold outside for the first time, and it was all cozy inside our apartment with our tree. Then tonight, Dan made his mom's sugar cookies. It's this complicated recipe where you have to refrigerate the dough for a day and stuff, but they are so good. We're going to take a bunch of them to our Wednesday night class of kids at church to let them frost and decorate, but tonight, we did a batch of our own. It was so much fun.
This is Dan making the frosting. He had to beat me back to keep me from putting my fingers in the bowl. It's soooo good.
Then, we made pink and green icing and had fun with sprinkles.
I made the butt-kickingest snowman ever, with a little green, flowerdy hat and a pink coat.
Dan made fun of this Christmas tree I made, but I think it was cute.
And now I think I am ready for it to be Christmas. All I need to do now is watch Charlie Brown Christmas.
Comments (5)
Aw, how cute! :)
Posted by Adrian | November 27, 2005 9:54 PM
Posted on November 27, 2005 21:54
Ya'll are too funny! Dan will have to come and make some for the kids. They'll decorate, Sam will clean up and we'll supervise and have a glass of wine! I'm so jealous about the snow. Today it got up to 70.....again. Oh, and I'll be sending directions soon. Love and miss ya'll!
Posted by Shanelle | November 27, 2005 10:27 PM
Posted on November 27, 2005 22:27
Christmas Sugar Cookies, who doesn't love them? Let me know if you need my address when you make your next batch. Aunt Luigi
Posted by Merry Donner | November 28, 2005 7:49 AM
Posted on November 28, 2005 07:49
It takes a TON of red food coloring to get anywhere close to dark pink, doesn't it?
Your cookies rock. As do the two of you. Haley, I'm serious about looking for journalism jobs for you here in Lincoln. And if anyone would tell me what Dan actually does for a living, I could find a position for him, too. ; )
Posted by Rebecca | November 28, 2005 1:51 PM
Posted on November 28, 2005 13:51
Don't quit your day job. *grin*
Also, where are my cookies!!!!
Side note: Nobody can say anything about what Dan does, cause then 'they' would have to kill you. :)
Posted by Mike | November 29, 2005 7:41 PM
Posted on November 29, 2005 19:41